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DeMint Threatens to Hold Up Housing Bill

By Emily Pierce
Roll Call Staff
July 23, 2008, 12:40 p.m.

Sen. Jim DeMint (R-S.C.) wants one last change to a government bailout of mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac or he said he will delay passage of the bill until Saturday.

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Rep. Michele Bachmann, who recently suspended her campaign for the presidency, speaks at the 2012 Conservative Political Action Conference in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 9.

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